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Wheat Ridge judge breaks the law jailing a man for court...

Wilburn Taylor has been criminalized for being poor by the city of Wheat Ridge, not once, but twice. In March of 2014, a Wheat Ridge...

Elizabeth Warren, Colorado and a golden retriever

  Elizabeth Warren is coming to Colorado Friday to campaign -- and raise money - for Mark Udall. Liberals love her, and Colorado Republicans have...

ACLU tracks Colorado courts unlawfully jailing poor people

City courts across Colorado routinely lock up people too poor to pay fines, according to investigations by the ACLU detailed in letters sent to Northglenn, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge.